Tricia A. Primrose — Global Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer and Executive Vice President at Marriott

Ms. Tricia A. Primrose has been Global Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer of Marriott International, Inc. since September 2015 and serves as its Executive Vice President. Ms. Primrose joined Marriott from Rational 360, a strategic public relations and communications firm where she has been a Partner since 2013 providing counsel and communications support for C-suite executives at large multinational companies. In 2011, she started her own public relations business, Impression Partners, which then merged with Rational 360. Prior to this role, she was the Executive Vice President, Global Communications and Public Affairs at AOL from 2007 to 2011 and a Vice President since 1999. At AOL, she led a fifty-person team and had accountability for Global Corporate Communications, Public Affairs, Publicity, Internal Communications, Event Marketing and Philanthropy. She was the external communications liaison for the board of directors and executive leadership, developed all communications strategies for more than $2.5 billion in mergers and acquisitions and led the communications strategy for AOL's successful public offering. Prior to her role at AOL, she was an Executive Vice President at Robinson Lerer & Montgomery, a leading corporate and financial communications firm based in New York. Earlier in her career, she held leadership positions with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and served as Communications Director for U.S. Senator Richard Shelby. She is a graduate of Georgetown University.